The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-09-09
Constructive CATTLE.
A Constantly Spreading Disease Ths
Farmer Nust Guard A.a;n.t.


Farmer Must Guard Against.
Tuberculosis Is due to microscopic
parasitic plants called bacteria OF
baciili. which are entirely distinct from
other forms Of microscopic life, and
can be measured and described so as
to be recognized from the description
by those who are sufficiently familiar
with bacterial germs The discovery
of the germ is due to Prof. Koch,
well-known German scientist.
The disease may be communicated
to healthy animals BY feeding upon
tubercular matter, or by. innoculatiofi
into the blood: 1t may be communi-
Gated from animals to animals, from
man to animals, and without doubt
from animals to man, though; owing
to the difficulty of making experts
ments in the latter direction. there are
few recorded facts that can be relied
on as proof
DR.. Fleming boldly advocates max
ing definite experiments to prove this
point by feeding criminals condemned
to death upon milk or flesh of tuber-
cular animals. He says: 81 do think
that criminals who so far offend
against society as to take away hui
man life should thus be made to atone
to that society whose moral principles
they have violated
tuberculosis in cattle is the same
disease as consumption in man.
Neither are understood to be durable,
though quack doctors may sometimes
offer remedies to cure consumption.
1t is not produced by lung worms.
The word tuberculosis is derived
from q Latin word meaning small
tuber Tubercles are of various sizes,
from that of a millet seed to that of
large grapes, and sometimes an aggre-
CATION OF tubercles form mass weigh
ing a pound or more. They are all
too large to be found in milk or butter.
Chemical analysis is unnecessary for
determining the presence of the dis
ease; it is usually quite apparent to
the naked eye, but doubtful cases may
need the microscope to determine their
true nature. Animals sometimes fat
ten well when affected by this disease
in its earlier stages, but emaciation is
one of the common symptoms.
tuberculosis is disease that is not
confined to the lungs, though it more
commonly affects those organs Itmay
locate itself in almost any organ or
part of the body. 1t undoubtedly is a
frequent cause of abortion and bar
renness. 1t is transmissible from
parent to offspring by heredlty and
from either male or female parent,
but infected parents may produce off
spring that will not have the disease,
though predisposition to the disease
is greatly increased by having diseased
parents. The disease is far more COM
mon in adults than in the young of
animals. 1t prevails moro in warm
than in cold countries, and in hot than
in cold stables, which accounts in part
for its greater prevalence in herds of
fancy cattle kept in tight, warm barns.
1t is far more common in districts
| where the stock is chiefly purchased
than where it is raised. The buyer is
more or less at the mercy of the seller,
for the latter is the first to discover in
dications of decline in condition of
health and the temptation to UNLOAD"
upon another is weakness not wholly
confined 10 horse jockeys or dealers in
stocks. The disease is most danger
Gus to mankind when badly diseased
meat or milk is eaten without thor
ough cooking. The disease is most
contagious when the tubercles are
breaking downfall is, when they are
ripe and the germs are being thrown
off from the body in the breath or in
the milk.
There is no doubt whatever that
tuberculosis in cattle is increasing as
our cattle are better housed and pro-
tected. Ones chances of being killed
by drinking milk or eating beef from
tubercular animals is probably small,
but nobody wants to take that small
chance. There should be greater pro-
lection to the public, and there will be
when the people are sufficiently in
formed. Every person who buys milk
or beef has a right to know that the
animals producing such food are in
good health and not dangerous to the
community. N Y Herald.